Umaid Ali is a reporter for Dawn News (TV) with over two years of experience. He covers the IT and telecom sectors, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), the Senate, as well as climate change and sports. He can be found on X at @UmaidAliHajana.
SEA-ME-WE-6 cable will link Pakistan to countries between Singapore and France; Pakistan has been allocated a total of 13.2Tbps, with 4Tbps being activated immediately.
Updated22 Nov, 202511:24pm
The satellite’s sensors will help monitor environmental changes, map infrastructure, and assess urban growth patterns, says the space agency.
Published15 Oct, 202503:17pm
Shrimp trawling often results in capture of large quantities of non-target marine species; project aims to distribute Standardised Turtle Excluders (TEDs).
Published09 Oct, 202502:12pm
Key conditions include separate leadership boards, compliance with service quality standards and non-discriminatory access to infrastructure for all operators.
Published01 Oct, 202505:34pm
Telecom corporation says international partners are working on priority to resolve the issue, local teams are actively arranging alternative bandwidth to minimise the impact.
Published06 Sep, 202501:15pm
Authority members to operate under the IT ministry on a five-year contract; chairperson, member named, one more to be appointed.
Published20 Aug, 202506:48pm
